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| Stilldrillin:
Popped into workshop this morn, around 11-00. The top platform casting had been soaking in vinegar overnight. It was covered with a layer of ice! :bugeye: I think it might be a while, before any more worthwhile progress is made....... :doh: David D |
| NickG:
David, I'm the same - have never driven anything either from any of my engines! I guess there's no point unless the engine is self sufficient i.e. an actual steam engine or a hot air engine, I could never see the point of driving something from an engine that's running on compressed air! Brr, bit cold out there, that's why I'm continuing on my drawings tonight - if I can get off the internet! Nick |
| madjackghengis:
Hi David, sorry to hear about the ice, I didn't much like my shop in the winter, when I lived in Chicago, but yesterday was just cold enough for me to light a fire in my stove in the shop, and burn off an old cast iron skillet which needed to be cleaned and re-seasoned with fresh lard and burned in. I am thankful I have both a large wood stove in my shop, and acres of woods which need cleaning out constantly, to supply wood for heat. I always look forward to winter as the time to break out the casting equipment and melt some metal, while its cold, and the heat is fully appreciated. I've got some bronze which needs melting and pouring, to make a cylinder for an engine. I hope you get to get out in your shop again soon, can't let things go too long. I'm considering making a rather large stirling engine whose hot end can stick down into my stove, which is a three hundred gallon propane tank, modified with a box and door for the wood, and would benefit greatly from a fan on the top run off the heat of the stove to circulate the hot air. I think about this every fall, I reckon it's time to do something about it. It's your fault, you said to do something useful with an engine :poke: mad jack |
| Rob.Wilson:
Great few shots David :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: I have one that thinks its fun to sit in the moulding bench and make sand castles with moulding sand ::) Rob :D |
| Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: madjackghengis on November 27, 2010, 10:19:33 AM --- I'm considering making a rather large stirling engine whose hot end can stick down into my stove, which is a three hundred gallon propane tank, modified with a box and door for the wood, and would benefit greatly from a fan on the top run off the heat of the stove to circulate the hot air. I think about this every fall, I reckon it's time to do something about it. It's your fault, you said to do something useful with an engine :poke: mad jack --- End quote --- Something like this Jack? It intrigues me on every visit to the Harrogate Mod Eng Show. Difficult to photograph. Never had chance to talk to the owner. David D |
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